Hey i just bought a dc sport replica strut bar for $20 and it fits good on the left side but on the right side the brake fluid bottle is blocking it from fitting right. I tried moving it a little and i cant put the bar unless i take the brake fluid bottle and put it somewhere, but it isnt held by anything and i dont really like having the feeling that its not supported to anything.

Who needs brakes anyways haha they only slow you down.
jk, but is there a way that i can install this bar or no iuno what to do now cuz its in the way.

 

did you try bending the bracket a bit?

 

can you please post a pics how did it seated? is it the brake resevior blocking or the Clutch reservior?

 

its the brake reservoir blocking it, i used pliers and bent it forward but anymore forward and **** could leak out if the top came off. I bent it to the side and it was still in the way blocking. I dont have a camera so no pics unless u want me to draw u a diagram of what im talking bout

 

http://www.samarins.com/reviews/civic_engine01.jpg

k you see the top right how there are two reservoirs a big one and a small one, the small one is the one which is in the way.

 

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k you see the top right how there are two reservoirs a big one and a small one, the small one is the one which is in the way.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ooo, thats rough, I made my own and routed it right in front of all that... you sure it's made for your car?

 

i think that the Clutch reservior there buddy if im not wrong. is the bar sr8 across or does it have angle. you need a bar like this and you wont have that problem.

 

yeah that one u posted is the real dc sports strut bar, mine is the replica one made for it, it goes straight across instead of over the engine

 

hey bro. I'll take a picture of mine and show you how to do it. I know what you're talking but that'll be in atleast another 4 hours before I can get home, upload the pictures and tell you.

If you don't want to wait you can try to follow this fast instructions.

Unscrew the mounting for the fluid container.

Take the braket out and use pliers and u can press the piece that goes into the hole flat or maybe more.

There is another screw a little further down. It should be the same size as the screw you removed to take the braket out. Go ahead and connect it up to that.

You'll be fine. All you're doing is relocating the fluid container a little lower than where it is.

 

ill offer a suggestion, although ive never installed a strut bar.

**maybe you could try taking the strut bar completely out and reinstalling it the other way. what i mean is try putting the side on first that is by the brake and clutch master cylinder, that might make it easier. i hope that made sense.

IMO i think that if a part is made for your car it should fit in there and you should not have to modify and move stuff around (for small modifications)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by petty$rep &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ill offer a suggestion, although ive never installed a strut bar.

**maybe you could try taking the strut bar completely out and reinstalling it the other way. what i mean is try putting the side on first that is by the brake and clutch master cylinder, that might make it easier. i hope that made sense.

IMO i think that if a part is made for your car it should fit in there and you should not have to modify and move stuff around (for small modifications)</TD></TR></TABLE>

you have a point but if you were buying parts as the car came out which i did. I have a bar that goes straight over and it interferes with my clutch fluid. it's made for my car too.

JDMPLEASE: use the instructions i gave you or you can wait tonight for pics and a more thorough instruction. It's not hard.

 

ill wait for the pictures and install tommorow i geuss, thanks

 

i just realized what screw u were talking about yeah i saw that but pictures would be great to so ill wait just to make sure, its a 10mm socket i need for it right?

 

That smaller reservoir, is your Clutch Master Cylinder Reservoir. The larger one is for your Brake Master Cylinder.

 

oh alright.

 

Hey man. it's a little dirty don't mind that as long as you can understand what i'm getting at.

Tools:
10mm socket
pliers

In this picture below. There are two screws that are cose together. Look for those two screws below your clutch fluid.



Now that you have that located go ahead and move your clutch fluid out of the way. You don't need to disconnect anything, just move it to the side. The remove the stand that the clutch fluid sits in. It is the gray piece of metal. The screw you can put in a safe place you won't need it again.

In this picture you'll notice that I bent part of the stand. That part is what hooks into the frame to keep it from moving. You can cut this off or you can just bend it back like how I did. However you do it, do it however clean looking you want.



Go ahead and remove the top screw in the first picture and screw the stand in. Once you're done it should look this much lower.



Let me know if you have any questions. This should take no more than 20 mins.


Modified by oddmut at 7:49 PM 7/31/2007

 

thanks for the write up, i need a socket extenstion though cuz if i use a wrench i have no where to go liek up or down, and if i use a socket without extenstion theres not much room i have to work with.

 

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ya i didn't specify exactly what to use with the 10mm socket. well have fun adjusting it.

 

oddmut you're so helpful, props for you mate. that's the same thing I did to my strut bar.

 

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thanks bro. I try to help out as much as possible. HT is awesome and so are it's users.

you could add this to the faq for other honda drivers who use strut bars that interfere in the engine bay.

 

or a strut bar like this hahahaha
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ok i have a question for oddmut, you know how relocate the brake fluid container. the screw under it i was unscrewing it and i looked at the screw and behind it i saw something, im not sure if it was a nut to hold it there or if it was something else but i didnt want to unscrew it and then drop that nut so that i couldnt screw it back in. So is it really a nut holding the screw so it can thread into the nut? or is it somehting else? did u unscrew it and then put the metal bracket on and screw it back in without any problems or did you have to jack the car up to hold a screw there while you did it?

thanks

 

oh sorry man. didn't noticed you posted in here. you can always try to pm me that you posted.

I really don't think it's a nut or it is possible that it is. Anyways when I unscrewed it nothing fell. it's probably welded onto the car.

anyways. there is 1 screw for the clutch fluid. and there are two more screws below. I think they're all gold looking. Neither of them are nuts.

it's really simple. actually instead of removing the clutch fluid leave it there. Just unscrew the screw holding the braket. don't drop the screw. Save it so if you want to put it back to stock you can.

ALWAYS SAVE STOCK PARTS!

once you unscrew it go ahead and do the adjustments to the braket like i said and shown. unscrew the top gold bolt where there are 2. it's actually holding another piece in your engine. use the screw to hold both your braket and the piece it's holding. sorry don't know the name of the part i only know it's holding a tube.